Obikà Mozzarella Bar will debut next month in Los Angeles. The restaurant concept melds high-quality, local ingredients and traditional Italian products with clean, modern design to create an elegant yet informal Italian dining experience. Obikà is the brainchild of Silvio Ursini, who unveiled the first restaurant in Rome in 2004 (there are now 13 locations spanning five countries) by fusing the Neapolitan celebration of mozzarella di bufala with the reverence for ingredients and stylistic qualities that define Japanese cuisine.
In its design, Rome-based Studio Labics has integrated light wood accents and steel wine racks, along with crystal glass containers lining the prominent mozzarella bar and showcasing the focal point of the restaurant-the ingredients. The mozzarella bar and raised communal table will accommodate 22 guests, in addition to 25 seats at tables throughout the restaurant and a patio that seats 28.
